Pump-rod lifter.



N. KRAMER.

PUMP ROD LIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.29,1911.

1,016,334. Patented Feb. 6,1912.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60., WASHINGTON, n. c.

NICK KRAMER, OF CHARLESTON, KANSAS.

PUMP-ROD LIFTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 29, 1911.

Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

Serial No. 617,760.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,-NIoK KRAMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Charleston, in the county of Gray and State of Kansas, haveinvented a new and useful Pump-Bod Lifter; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and useful pump attachment adapted forapplication to the upper portion of the pump.

The main object of the invention is to provide improved means forremoving the sucker or pump rod step by step. This improved means mayalso be used for operating the pump rod.

Another object of the invention is to provide a frame, in the form of aloop for supporting and carrying the improved pump rod actuating means.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means for holdingthe pump handles against operation.

In the drawings, however, there is only disclosed one form of theinvention, but in practical fields this form may require alterations, towhich the applicant is entitled, provided the alterations arecomprehended by the appended claim.

The invention comprises further features and combination of partshereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a View in elevation, showing the improvedattachment as applied to the upper portion of a pump, and illustratingthe same as constructed in compliance with the invention. Fig. 2 is aView in perspective, showing the attachment removed from the pump. Fig.3 is an enlarged sectional view on line 33 Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detailView of one of the collars, showing the manner in which the same gripsthe sucker or pump rod.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates the upper portion of a pump,while 2 designates the frame of the attachment, which is in the form ofan elongated loop, the side bars 3 of which are provided with slots oropenings 4 and 5.

The upper and lower inturned ends 6 and 7 of the bars 3 have plates 8and 9 secured thereto by means of bolts 10. These plates 8 and 9 areprovided with semi-circular portions 11 which embrace the upper portionof the pump and the sucker or pump rod 12. However, the semi-circularportions of the upper plates do not snugly fit the sucker or pump rod,as do the semi-circular portions of the lower plates fit the pump.

The side bars 3 of the frame are provided with cross arms 13 and 14, theadjacent ends of which are connected by the plates 15, which are securedto the arms by the bolts 16. The plates 15 are formed with semicircularportions 17, which fit snugly about the extreme end of the upper portionof the pump. The outer ends of the arms have secured thereto by means ofbolts 18 ears l9 and 20, between which the links 21 and 22 are pivoted.The upper ends of the links are pivoted at 23 adjacent the inner endportions of the pump levers or handles 24 and 25. I The pump handles orlevers have their lnner end portions extended through the slots oropenings 4 and 5, as shown in the drawings, special reference being hadto Fig. 2. The slots 4 and 5 are provided at thelr upper portions withenlarged open- 1ngs 26, which are adapted to receive the portions 25 ofthe levers 24 and 25, and by the lugs 25 of the levers engaging behindthe walls of the slots, as shown at 5*, the levers may be held againstoperation, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The inner ends of the levers or handles are bifurcated, as shown at 27,and between.

the ears formed by the bifurcations, the extensions 28 of the circularcollars 29 and 30 are pivoted. These collars 29 and 30 surround thesucker or pump rod 12, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. However, thecollars'29 and 80 do not fit tightly about the rod 12. The object fornot arranging the collars tightly about the rod, is to permit them toslide down on the rod, so as to allow the collars to grip the rod, inorder to pull the rod step by step from the pump. This gripping actionis effected by imparting a quick down pressure on the outer ends of thelevers or handles, which will throw the collars at an angle as shown inFig. 4, and by holding the collars at the angle, the rod will be firmlygripped, and then by a grad ual downward pressure on the outer ends ofthe levers or handles, the sucker or pump rod will be gradually pulled.First one and then the other of the levers or handles is operated inthis manner. In other words as the inner end of one of the leversreaches its uppermost position, the inner end of the other lever orhandle reaches its lowermost position, and vice versa. However, thecollars 29 and 30 may be secured firmly to the sucker or pump rod by theset screws 31, so that by the levers or handles 24 and 25, the stickeror pump rod may be actuated,

so that the water may be lifted or pumped.

It has been found by experiments, and the actual use of a deviceconstructed in accordance with the drawing, sucker or pump rods may bepulled quickly for rel. pairs or cleaning, thus dispensing with the useof ropes and pulleys for extracting the pump rod. The attachment ordevice not only performs this function, but serves as an excellent meansfor actuating sucker or pump rods.

'The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulis A pump rod lifter comprising an elongated frame to be clamped to thepump, the

. frame comprising side bars having opensame, the openings terminatingat the upper portions into enlarged openings for receiving enlargedparts of the levers, the enlarged parts of the levers having lugs toengage behind the walls of the openings, for holding the levers againstbeing operated.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of 40 two subscribing witnesses.

NICK KRAMER.

I WVitnesses:

J E. KENDALL, G. M. KERR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

